Pembina
name, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Squashberry, lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).
- 2 A member of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians, a historical band of Chippewa (Ojibwe), originally living along the Red River of the North and its tributaries.
- 3 One of the edible berries of this plant, from which jam may be produced.
"And so, from that time, whenever a woman went out to gather June berries or wild cherries, or raspberries, or wild plums or pembinas or tipsin, or wild rice; or to their cultivated fields to gather corn or beans, she was not obliged to carry the load home."
- 1 A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States.
- 3 A small city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States, near the Canadian border.
- 4 A river in Alberta, Canada.
- 5 A river in Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, USA.
Example
More examples"And so, from that time, whenever a woman went out to gather June berries or wild cherries, or raspberries, or wild plums or pembinas or tipsin, or wild rice; or to their cultivated fields to gather corn or beans, she was not obliged to carry the load home."
Etymology
Likely from Canadian French pembina, pimbina, from Cree nîpiminâna or Ojibwe niibiminaa, an earlier form of aniibimin (“high-bush cranberry”).
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